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Mikayla Williams with Louisiana-Lafayette coach Gerry Glasco.

The early recruiting commits may have slowed down but that doesn’t mean the NEWS of early commits is dying out entirely.

As we expected, we’ll hear about young players who committed right “under the wire” of the April 25 implementation of the new No-Contact Recruiting Rules.

For example, a top 2023 outfielder from Steve Jones Diamond Sports Hotshots, Mikayla Williams, got an offer and—like many young standout players in the past few months—decided the opportunity to play at Louisiana-Lafayette under new Raging Cajun’ head coach Gerry Glasco was too good to pass up.

We’ll let Coach Jones pick up the story from here…

“Coach Glasco offered three of the Hotshot girls on my team that he was very interested in,” begins Coach Jones. “All three loved Gerry and the UL program after unofficial visits and were very interested but two just weren’t quite ready to verbal to a program prior to the NCAA rule changes.”

“Mikaylah is one of those gifted athletes and she and her family felt the decision was a good one for them.  She is a 5-foot-10 multi-sport athlete who excels on the basketball court and on the softball field.”

Mikayla is a converted catcher who has the speed to be a game-changing outfielder.

“She was a catcher for several years before I converted her to the outfield this season and she has taken to it extremely well becoming a standout in that position in a short period of time.  Although still developing her skill set she is quickly becoming one of the best outfielders in her class leveraging her length and speed to give her great range in the outfield.”

“Mikayla also happens to have one of the strongest arms in 12U at any position and regularly turns hits into outs when balls are laced to the outfield (she presently holds right field down).  Outfield is her starting role but she’s an athlete and can play a decent middle infield as well.”

“Offensively she is a right-handed presence at the plate who hits for power and for average, and continues to improve each week.  She’s a great athlete with really good speed and is a smart base runner.”

“Mikayla is already a standout, but her potential is through the roof which is why I believe Coach Glasco held her in such high regard.”

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We love it when players use our our Contact Us page and fill out the info in “I Committed!” (2nd tab down) to get info to us.

One that came in over the last week was from Ashlyn Wachtendorf, a 2021 outfielder/middle infielder who plays for the Centex Buzz 16U Gold team coached by Trey Holdbrook.

Ashlyn Wachtendorf is only about 15 minutes from her dream school.

Ashlyn is from Lorena, Texas which is about 15 minutes give or take from Waco, the home of the Baylor Bears… so guess which team she’s always wanted to play for?

The right-handed centerfielder and second baseman, who is also active in volleyball, basketball and cheerleading, emailed us that she’ll be staying close to home to play in the Big 12.

“I grew up watching the Lady Bears and always dreamed of getting to play there in front of my friends,” Ashlyn explains. “Coach Moore came to watch me a lot over the last year, but I was SUPER excited when I got the call that he wanted me!”

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These two are in our list of 40 new adds below that include new-found signings, commits and club team changes.

You can also click on the link here to see all the current high school and club players who comprise the Extra Inning Softball Signing/Verbal list which covers the Classes of 2018 to 2024.

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